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TOWNING, Elizabeth
1871 - 1941 (69 years) Has no ancestors but 11 descendants in this family tree.
1865 - 1932 (67 years)-
Name TOWNING, Elizabeth Birth 7 May 1871 Knottingley, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1941 Selby, Yorkshire, England Person ID I2803 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family CRAFT, John Elija, b. 1865, Bramley, Yorkshire, England d. 1932, Kellington, Yorkshire, England (Age 67 years) Marriage 1892 Leeds Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. CRAFT, Albert d. Yes, date unknown 2. CRAFT, Eva, b. 7 Jan 1895, Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. 1979, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 83 years)3. CRAFT, Ida Towning, b. 1896, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1898, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. CRAFT, James Bertram, b. 1898, Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. 1938, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 40 years)5. CRAFT, Gertrude May, b. 21 Oct 1899, Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. 1980, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 80 years)6. CRAFT, Richard Towning, b. 30 Jan 1901, Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. 1991, Selby Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 89 years)7. CRAFT, Matthew Towning, b. 6 Mar 1903, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1958, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 54 years)8. CRAFT, Ernest, b. 21 Oct 1904, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1980, Selby Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 75 years)9. CRAFT, John Herbert, b. 21 Oct 1904, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1981, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 76 years)10. CRAFT, Sidney, b. 7 Apr 1910, Pontefract Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1964, Don Valley, Yorkshire, England (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1228 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZABETH CRAFT formerly TOWNING 1871-1941
The birth of Elizabeth TOWNING was registered in 1871.
(GRO June Q 1871 Pontefract 9c 79)
From the 1939 Register of Bridge House, Selby, Yorkshire:
Elizabeth CRAFT, born 7 May 1871, unpaid domestic housewife, widowed;
Matthew T. CRAFT, born 6 March 1904, sand quarry heavy worker, single;
John H. CRAFT, born 21 October 1905, gardener heavy, single;
Sidney CRAFT, born 7 April 2010, railway porter, train shunter, single.
(RG101/38071/003/13-16 KSGI)
An Elizabeth CRAFT died in 1941 aged 69.
(GRO March Q 1941 Selby 9c 1887)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The deaths of Elizabeth CRAFTs were registered in 1941 and 1949.
(GRO March Q 1941 Selby 9c 1887 - aged 69)
(GRO June Q 1949 Holderness 2a 89)
However, notes from a Mrs. Mackinnon in about 2003 appear to indicate that she died at Kellington, Yorkshire, aged 83. No trace of this death registration has been found.
(revised 15.08.2020)